I laughed at the Lorax, "You poor stupid guy!
You never can tell what some people will buy."
--Dr. Seuss

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

William Von RIegen in College Humor, September 1937

Two cartoons by William Von Riegen appear in the College Humor number from September 1937. Each cartoon has a woman speaker. The first young woman is insecure in her golfing skills, but she still manages to drive a double entendre:

Note: This isn't my copy of College Humor. It is a part of the Steven Boss humor magazine collection at Columbia University. You too can read it and even photograph it in the Rare Book & Manuscript Library. The library staff doesn't even make you wear gloves. Karen Green, Curator for Comics and Cartoons at Columbia, can guide you to any and all of the 5,600 humor magazines in the collection. It shouldn't take you more than a few years to get through them.